(중동) 터키군 러시아 전투기 격침시키다

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Turkey 'shoots down Russian warplane on Syria border' 터키軍 시리아 접경에서 러시아 전투기 격침시키다

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The Turkish military has reportedly shot down a Russian military aircraft on the border with Syria. 터키軍은 시리아 국경에서 러시아 전투기 한 대를 격추한 것으로 전해진다.

Russia's defence ministry said an Su-24 had crashed on Syrian territory after being hit by fire from the ground. 러시아 국방장관은 수-24기가 지상에서 발사한 뭔가에 맞고 시리아 국경에 추락해 충돌했다고 말했다.

But Turkish military officials said Turkish F-16s had shot down the plane after repeatedly warning its two crew they were violating Turkish airspace. 그러나 터키 군당국은 터키 영공을 침범한 비행기가의 조종사들에게 거듭 경고를 보낸 후 자국의 F-16이 문제의 러시아 전투기를 격추시켰다고 말했다.  

The crew ejected before the jet crashed in Latakia province, but Syrian rebels said at least one was dead. 조종사들은 비행기가 라타키아 주에 추락하기 전 비상탈출했으나, 시리아 반군들은 적어도 둘 중 하나는 죽었다고 말했다.

It is the first time a Russian aircraft has crashed in Syria since Moscow launched air strikes against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad in late September. 러시아가 지난 9월 하순 바샬 알아사드 대통령의 반대자에 대해 공습을 시작한 이후, 러시아 전투기가 시리아 영토 안에서 추락한 첫 사례이다.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the incident as "very serious", but cautioned that it was too early to draw conclusions.

The Nato military alliance, to which Turkey belongs, said it was following the situation "closely" and was in contact with the Turkish authorities. There will be an "informational meeting" of ambassadors in Brussels at 16:00 GMT.

'Exclusively above Syria'

The Russian defence ministry confirmed on Tuesday morning that a Russian Su-24 had "crashed on Syrian territory, having been hit from the ground" while it was flying at an altitude of 6,000m (19,685ft).

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Image captionTurkey's military said the Russian warplane was warned that it was violating Turkish airspace

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Image captionBut Russia's defence ministry said it could prove the aircraft never left Syrian airspace

"Efforts are being made to ascertain what happened to the pilots. According to preliminary reports, the pilots have managed to self-eject," the ministry was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.

The ministry stressed that "throughout its flight, the aircraft remained exclusively above Syrian territory", adding: "Objective monitoring data shows it."

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A feared incident - Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence correspondent

This is exactly the kind of incident that many have feared since Russia launched its air operations in Syria. The dangers of operating near to the Turkish border have been all too apparent. Turkish planes have already shot down at least one Syrian air force jet and possibly a helicopter as well.

Russia insists that its warplane did not violate Turkish air space. So, was the Russian pilot's navigation wrong? Questions will also be asked about the readiness of the Turks to open fire.

It suggests that the much discussed arrangements to avoid incidents between warplanes over Syria are inadequate. The Turkish authorities will no doubt claim that such arrangements do not cover the approaches to their own airspace where tried and tested procedures should apply.

There are conflicting reports as to whether it was ground fire or Turkish jets that brought down the Russian plane. Air operations in the crowded skies over Syria just got a good deal more complicated. The only mitigating factor is that initial reports suggest that two parachutes were seen so the Russian crew at least got out of their stricken aircraft. Expect diplomatic fireworks.

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However, the Turkish military said two F-16s on patrol had fired on an unidentified aircraft at 09:24 (07:24 GMT) after warning it 10 times over five minutes about violating Turkish airspace over the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province.

It noted that the F-16s had intervened "in accordance with the rules of engagement", which were changed after Syria shot down a Turkish plane in 2012.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jet had crashed in the mountainous Jabal Turkmen area of Latakia, where air strikes and fighting between rebels and Syrian government forces had been reported earlier on Tuesday.

Russian military helicopters searched for the pilot and navigator near the crash site in the predominantly Turkmen Bayir Bucak area, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported.

A spokesman for a rebel group operating in the area, the 10th Brigade of the Coast, told the Associated Press that the jet's crew had tried to parachute into government-held territory, but that they came under fire from members of the group.

One of them was dead when he landed on the ground, he added. The fate of the second was not immediately known.

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Image captionRussian Su-24 aircraft based in Latakia province have flown hundreds of sorties over Syria

A video was posted online showing gunmen standing around a man in a flight suit who was immobile on the ground, either badly wounded or dead.

Russian aircraft have flown hundreds of sorties over northern Syria since September. Moscow says they have targeted only "terrorists", but activists say its strikes have mainly hit Western-backed rebel groups.

Turkey, a vehement opponent of Syria's president, has warned against violations of its airspace by Russian and Syrian aircraft.

Last month, Ankara said Turkish F-16s had intercepted a Russian jet that crossed its border and two Turkish jets had been harassed by an unidentified Mig-29.

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Image captionTurkey had warned Russia not to support a Syrian government offensive on Turkmen villages

The Turkish foreign ministry also summoned the Russian ambassador last week to warn him that there would be "serious consequences" if the Russian air force did not immediately stop bombing "civilian Turkmen villages" in Bayir Bucak.

In a separate development on Tuesday, three Russian journalists were lightly wounded on Monday while driving in a convoy towards the Syrian government army frontline near Dagmashliya, in north-western Syria. Their vehicles came under fire, apparently from TOW anti-tank missiles.

Russian media named them as Tass correspondent Alexander Yelistratov, Russia Today Arabic Service TV correspondent Sargon Khadaya and RT English correspondent Roman Kosarev.